On 23 October, the Badminton World Federation released the latest world badminton ranking for men’s singles and women’s singles. Chinese players and Asian players take most of the positions. 

CHEN Long is the highest-ranked Chinese male athlete, No. 2 in the world. Three Chinese female athletes take the top three positions. They are LI Xuerui, WANG Shixian, and WANG Yihan. 

The world No.1 male athlete LEE Chong Wei, was recently found out to have used drugs. 

Among the world top 10 players of both female and male athletes, most of them are Asian players, such as Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean. There are three European players, consisting of two male players from Denmark and one female Spanish player. 

Below is the Top 10 men’s and women’s singles players respectively, according to Xinhua News. 

Men’s singles: 

1. LEE Chong Wei, Malaysia, 97131 points

2. CHEN Long, China, 87241 points

3. Jan O JORGENSEN, Denmark, 73783 points

4. Kenichi TAGO, Japan, 67974 points

5. Tommy SUGIARTO, Indonesia, 63553 points

6. SON Wan Ho, South Korea, 60322 points

7. WANG Zhengming, China, 56820 points

8. HU Yun, China's Hong Kong, 51847 points

9. TIAN Houwei, China, 51197 points

10. Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS, Denmark, 50566 points. 

Women’s singles:

1. LI Xuerui, China, 101644 points

2. WANG Shixian, China, 88087 points

3. WANG Yihan, China, 78391 points

4. SUNG Ji Hyun, South Korea, 66824 points

5. BAE Yeon Ju, South Korea, 63043 points

6. Saina NEHWAL, India, 62751 points

7. Ratchanok INTANON, Thailand, 61312 points

8. TAI Tzu Ying, Chinese Taipei, 58798 points

9. Carolina MARIN, Spain, 58680 points

10. P. V. Sindu, India, 73173 points